MCQ Class 10 History Chapter 5 Print Culture and the Modern WorldMCQ’s For All Chapters – History Class 10th 1. Who was Menocchio, executed for his heretical ideas?A German goldsmithAn Italian millerA French artistAn English printerQuestion 1 of 202. Which scholar expressed fear that too many books would harm scholarship?VoltaireErasmusNewtonRousseauQuestion 2 of 203. By the 18th century, literacy rates in some parts of Europe were as high as:20–30%40–50%60–80%90–100%Question 3 of 204. What were cheap pocket-size books sold by travelling pedlars in England called?AlmanacsChapbooksJournalsBlue booksQuestion 4 of 205. What were low-priced French books bound in cheap blue covers called?Bibliotheque BleuePenny MagazinesEncyclopaediaAlmanacsQuestion 5 of 206. Which scientist’s discoveries influenced a wide circle of readers through print?Galileo GalileiIsaac NewtonAlbert EinsteinCharles DarwinQuestion 6 of 207. Which Enlightenment thinker declared, “The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress”?VoltaireRousseauMercierPaineQuestion 7 of 208. Which revolution is often linked to the spread of print culture?Russian RevolutionFrench RevolutionAmerican RevolutionIndustrial RevolutionQuestion 8 of 209. The writings of which two Enlightenment thinkers were widely read before the French Revolution?Marx and EngelsVoltaire and RousseauLuther and ErasmusPaine and LockeQuestion 9 of 2010. Which type of literature mocked royalty and criticised their morality before the French Revolution?EncyclopaediasReligious tractsUnderground pamphlets and cartoonsScientific journalsQuestion 10 of 2011. In the nineteenth century, which group became an important category of readers as education became compulsory?PriestsChildrenMerchantsPoliticiansQuestion 11 of 2012. Which brothers in Germany collected folk tales that were later published for children?Marx BrothersGrimm BrothersBronte BrothersDarwin BrothersQuestion 12 of 2013. Who were some of the best-known women novelists of the nineteenth century?Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, George EliotVoltaire, Rousseau, DiderotKarl Marx, Engels, LeninErasmus, Luther, CalvinQuestion 13 of 2014. Which magazine in England (1832–1835) aimed primarily at the working class?Penny MagazineBibliotheque BleuePunchChapbook WeeklyQuestion 14 of 2015. Who perfected the power-driven cylindrical press in the mid-nineteenth century?Johann GutenbergRichard M.HoeJames LackingtonRaja Ravi VarmaQuestion 15 of 2016. Which press developed in the late nineteenth century could print up to six colours at a time?LetterpressOffset pressRotary pressLithographic pressQuestion 16 of 2017. Cheap paperback editions became common during which economic crisis?World War IGreat DepressionIndustrial RevolutionCold WarQuestion 17 of 2018. India had a tradition of handwritten manuscripts on:Palm leaves and handmade paperSilk clothMarble slabsBamboo sticksQuestion 18 of 2019. Which European missionaries first brought the printing press to Goa in the mid-sixteenth century?Dutch ProtestantsPortuguese JesuitsFrench CatholicsEnglish East India CompanyQuestion 19 of 2020. The first Tamil book was printed in 1579 at:BombayCochinGoaCalcuttaQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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